the heat erasing 11-point second-half deficit to knock out the chicago bulls in game five. the heat again in the eastern conference finals. they await the winner of the pacers and knicks. the pacers could close that thing up at the garden tonight. >> so it could be the pacers versus memphis? >> potentially, yes. >> that's what you're hoping for. >>> turning to college basketball, rutgers university has announced julie herman as its new athletic director. herman replaces the former a.d. who resigned after a video came out of the school's former men's basketball coach mike rice. >> ow. >> caught on camera hurling basketballs at players and using in a couple cases gay slurs during practice. hermann would be rutgers' first female a.d. she comes from louisville where she served as their athletic director's top deputy. she's got more than 30 years in college athletics but no prior experience as the head of a school's athletic program. >> mike, are there a lot of top program -- >> five. she becomes the fifth in d-1 schools. >> good move. move>> g >>> up next, author, columnist, ke